The World Database of Happiness

http://www.eur.nl/fsw/research/happiness/

from their home page:

"The World Database of Happiness is an ongoing register of scientific research on subjective appreciation of life. It brings together findings that are scattered throughout many studies and provides a basis for synthetic studies. The Database consists of the following interrelated inventories:

• Bibliography of Happiness
  
• Happiness Queries (testbank)
  
• Distributional Findings on Happiness                             
  
• Correlational Findings on Happiness
  
• Directory of Investigators on Happiness
  

The interconnections of these inventories are visualized on a flow chart "

10:19:41 PM    

The Happiness Project

http://www.happiness.co.uk/

Although at first I thought this might be some sort of scam, when I checked the "About Us" page here is what I found:

• The BBC ran a special on this, a 40 minute QED TV documentary called " How to be Happy" - now shown in 16 countries to 30 million viewers.
•  5,000 TV, radio and newspaper features worldwide discuss the Happiness Project.

OK, so I give them the fact that they appear to be a commecial success, but still I have a nagging feeling about this. Still though, it may be worth your while to check them out.

http://www.happiness.co.uk/

10:16:13 PM